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School & learning

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Core, Advanced, Stretch levels: the first 8 of 8, A to Z.

  • recite

    verbCore

    to say aloud something learned by heart

    Similar:
    repeat

  • rectify

    verbAdvanced

    to put right something that is wrong

    Similar:
    correct
    Opposite:
    damage

  • refute

    verbStretch

    to show that a claim or idea is wrong

    Similar:
    disprove
    Opposite:
    confirm

  • reprimand

    nounAdvanced

    a strict telling-off, or to tell someone off strictly

    Similar:
    rebuke
    Opposite:
    commend

  • reprove

    verbStretch

    to tell someone off gently for doing wrong

    Similar:
    rebuke
    Opposite:
    applaud

  • rhetorical

    adj.Stretch

    asked or said to make a point, not to get an answer

    Similar:
    persuasive

  • rigorous

    adj.Advanced

    very careful, strict and thorough

    Similar:
    thorough
    Opposite:
    careless

  • rudimentary

    adj.Stretch

    very basic and simple, at an early stage of development

    Similar:
    basic
    Opposite:
    advanced

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